P.S.H.E.

Personal, Social, Health & Economic (PSHE) education is a planned programme of learning though which pupils acquire the knowledge, understanding and skills they need to manage their lives now and in the future. There is growing evidence to suggest that the skills and attributes acquired through PSHE education have a significant impact on students’ academic achievement, employability and future life chances.

The PSHE programme at Malden Oaks responds to the individual learning needs of the students and local circumstances, as well as comprehensively fulfilling our PSHE related statutory obligations.

There are three core themes with broad overlap and flexibility between topics and areas in each:

Core Theme 1: Health & Wellbeing

How to manage transition

How to maintain physical, mental and emotional health and wellbeing

How to make informed choices about health and wellbeing matters including drugs, alcohol and tobacco; maintaining a balanced diet; physical activity; mental and emotional health and wellbeing; and sexual health

About parenthood and the consequences of teenage pregnancy

How to assess and manage risks to health; and to keep themselves and others safe

How to identify and access help, advice and support

How to respond in an emergency, including administering first aid

The role and influence of the media on lifestyle

Core Theme 2: Relationships

How to develop and maintain a variety of healthy relationships within a range of social/cultural contexts and to develop parenting skills

How to recognise and manage emotions within a range of relationships

How to deal with risky or negative relationships including all forms of bullying (including the distinct challenges posed by online bullying) and abuse, sexual and other violence and online encounters

About the concept of consent in a variety of contexts (including in sexual relationships)

About managing loss including bereavement, separation and divorce

To respect equality and be a productive member of a diverse community

How to identify and access appropriate advice and support

Core Theme 3: Living in the Wider World (Economic Wellbeing, Careers and the World of Work)

About rights and responsibilities as members of diverse communities, as active citizens and participants in the local and national economy

How to make informed choices and be enterprising and ambitious

How to develop employability, team working and leadership skills and develop flexibility and resilience

About the economic and business environment

How personal financial choices can affect oneself and others and about rights and responsibilities as consumers